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Greater Downtown - Master Plan Community Helped Craft Vision for Future Downtown Redevelopment Oak Park residents, property owners and business operators shaped the public process that helped create a vision for the redevelopment of the greater downtown area. The plan was developed through a series of workshops that gathered community input and comment. The workshops were led by Crandall Arambula, a Portland, Oregon-based planning firm with a national reputation for urban and community design projects that have helped revitalize aging business districts such as here in Oak Park, while also maintaining their character and unique charm. Among the range of factors reviewed and assessed were quality of life, economic viability, building height, building design, density, parking, traffic, housing types, public improvements, environmental impacts and land use. The information gathered at community meetings and workshops was the basis for the plan adopted by the Village Board in March 2005. Crandall Arambula was selected from a field of 17 firms that responded to a request for qualifications (RFQ) issued by the Village as part of increased efforts to focus on planning in response to the growing interest of developers in the greater downtown area. For more information on the plan or planning process, call 358.5418 or email comsvcs@oak-park.us. |
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